To set up your personal web space on Post you need to request a Post web space account. To do this, fill out the ITServices Support Centre form and indicate that you'd like a new account. Next, create a www folder and assign the proper permissions to it. Follow these step-by-step instructions.

Note: ITServices for security reason now requires access to web space via SSH client and/or SFTP client. Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for secure data communication, remote shell services or command execution and other secure network services between two networked computers that connects, via a secure channel over the network. SFTP stands for "SSH File Transfer Protocol." When you connect to a server using SFTP, SSH encryption is used to protect the connection between your computer and the server.

To locate putty, check for a shortcut on desktop and double click it. If does not exists, Click on Start menu -> all program and look for Putty folder.Note: If not installed, download from: http://www.putty.org/

In the Host Name field enter: post.queensu.ca

Select Connection type: SSH

Optional, save the session configuration, by typing a name in Saved Sessions field. and click on Save button.

Click on Open button to connect.

At this time you will be prompted for password and then terminal window with command-line prompt will be displayed.

Get to a command-line prompt and prepare your web directory using the mkwww command.

You will see a new screen appear, containing some text. The text on the screen will contain information about the connection, ending with instructions to Press Return to continue...

Press Enter.

You should see the Post Main Menu screen, listing some available commands. At the very bottom is a prompt which will be apparent by a blinking black rectangle.

At the prompt, type the following command then press Enter:

mkwww

Wait until the screen indicates the process has completed. Once the mkwww procedure is complete, your web space will be ready and you can begin uploading files to your account space. The mkwww command creates a folder in your account space named www, and creates an index.htmlfile within that folder. It also sets the access permissions for the folder so the public can only see the web page. It is everything in this folder that gets published to the World Wide Web. You will not see any of this occurring. Use the SFTP client to view this change.Note:You only have to perform the mkwww command once. You may want to use it again if you need to reset your webspace, but if you do everything correctly the first time, you shouldn't need to do it again.

When the mkwww process is complete, you will see the command prompt again. Log out of the remote machine by typing logout.